These are the industries with the fastest - and slowest - rising salaries in Australia

Salaries in advertised job listings in Australia are rising, but not all industries have it as good as others.

According to employment group Seek, advertised salaries across the country rose 4.6 per cent in the 12 months to July 2023, a slight increase on June's number.

But while some industries found their wages rising far higher than that average, others were noticeably sluggish by comparison.

Here's how each of them fared.

Bottom of the list of industries with the fastest-growing salaries is government jobs, which grew, on average, a paltry 0.9 per cent in the 12 months to July 2023.

Consultants and strategists came in second-last, but their 1.7 per cent was still a decent jump up from government workers.

However, the sector had one of the bigger increases over the last three months, when its salaries rose by 1.3 per cent.

Coming in next with a marginally larger increase was the information and communications technology industry.

Marketing and communications was next on Seek's list, with 2 per cent salary growth in the past year.

Up next is the very wide-ranging industry of advertising, arts and media, where salaries jumped 2.3 per cent.

Wages for jobs in HR and recruitment actually went down in the past three months – the only industry where this was the case.

But, even taking into account that 0.2 per cent drop, salaries in the sector still rose 2.7 per cent over the year.

Science and technology jobs saw advertised salaries rise 3.1 per cent...

... closely followed by legal jobs at 3.2 per cent.

With widespread reports of hospitality businesses struggling to fill staffing vacancies, salaries in the sector rose 3.3 per cent.

Next on the list is banking and finance and 3.4 per cent...

... which was the same rise seen in call centre and customer service jobs.

Slightly ahead of those two industries was education and training, where salaries rose by 3.5 per cent.

Sport is always in the public eye, but jobs in the industry weren't able to match the average salary increase from around the country.

They rose 3.6 per cent over the last 12 months.

Next on the list is engineering, where advertised wages rose 3.8 per cent.

A backbone of the Australian economy, salaries in the mining, resources and energy sector rose by 3.9 per cent.

In a tight housing market, it's no surprise to see wages for real estate agents and other workers in the industry rise by 4 per cent.

Advertised wages for healthcare and medical workers rose 4.3 per cent over the past year.

Breaking into the top 10 is a wide-ranging sector of manufacturing, transport and logistics, which enjoyed a 4.4 per cent increase.

Salaries for jobs in design and architecture rose by exactly the national average over the past year: 4.6 per cent.

Ever so slightly higher on the list is salespeople, whose jobs attracted a 4.7 per cent rise in advertised salaries.